Text 35]
The Lord in the Heart
119
TRANSLATION
The great personality Brahmā, with great attention and concentration of the mind, studied the Vedas three times and, after scrutinizingly examining them, ascertained that attraction for the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection of religion.
PURPORT
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī is referring to the highest Vedic authority, Lord Brahmā, who is the qualitative incarnation of Godhead. The  Vedas  were taught to Brahmājī in the beginning of the material creation. Although Brahmājī was to hear Vedic instructions directly from the Personality of Godhead, in order to satisfy the inquisitiveness of all prospective students of the  Vedas , Brahmājī, just like a scholar, studied the  Vedas  three times, as is generally done by all scholars. He studied with great attention, concentrating on the purpose of the  Vedas , and after scrutinizingly examining the whole process, he ascertained that becoming a pure unalloyed devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the topmost perfection of all religious principles. And this is the last instruction of the  Bhagavad-gītā  directly presented by the Personality of Godhead. The Vedic conclusion is thus accepted by all  ācāryas , and those who are against this conclusion are only  veda-vāda-ratas , as explained in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 2.42).
TEXT 35
मगवान् सर्वभूतेषु लक्षितः स्वात्मना हरिः । 
  दृश्येर्बुद्ध्यादिभिर्द्रष्टा लक्षणैरनुमापकैः ॥३५॥
bhagavān sarva-bhūteṣu 
  lakṣitaḥ svātmanā hariḥ 
  dṛśyair buddhyādibhir draṣṭā 
  lakṣaṇair anumāpakaiḥ
bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; sarva—all; bhūteṣu—in the living entities; lakṣitaḥ—is visible; sva-ātmanā—along with the self; hariḥ—the